[EHall]

this combo is from a british IPA I make; 2oz cluster @ 90m, 1oz brewer's gold @ 60m and 30m, .5oz EKG @ 15m and flameout. I looked back at my logs and saw that I have used bullion in place of brewers gold too. I always love this beer no matter...

[hopfenundmalz]

this combo is from a british IPA I make; 2oz cluster @ 90m, 1oz brewer's gold @ 60m and 30m, .5oz EKG @ 15m and flameout. I looked back at my logs and saw that I have used bullion in place of brewers gold too. I always love this beer no matter...

Bullion and Brewers Gold are sisters, so I'm not surprised at that substitution. I find Bullion to be a little more unrefined than Brewrrs Gold.

[Silver_Is_Money]

No one has mentioned Challenger yet.  Has it fallen out of favor in the UK?

[Robert]

No one has mentioned Challenger yet.  Has it fallen out of favor in the UK?

AFAIK it's still in Fuller's blend for ESB, Pride, and Chiswick --  Challenger, Northdown, Target, and Goldings I believe.

[Northern_Brewer]

Challenger hasn't gone away, I can imagine that it counts as the 3rd-or-fourth favourite hop for many people, it's just that their attention has been taken away by sexier new hops.

I also meant to mention Flyer for dark beers, and at some point I'll get round to making a dark beer with Phoenix.

[fredthecat]

nice thread. i taste fuggles as dirt also in homebrew.

not totally british but a combination of EKG and saaz together is really good.

i've been waiting years to use bramling cross.

i'm guessing yes, but a mix of bramling cross and EKG in a bitter sounds like a good idea right?

[hopfenundmalz]

nice thread. i taste fuggles as dirt also in homebrew.

not totally british but a combination of EKG and saaz together is really good.

i've been waiting years to use bramling cross.

i'm guessing yes, but a mix of bramling cross and EKG in a bitter sounds like a good idea right?

I would like that combo. Try it and see.

[Northern_Brewer]

Something like 2:1 Goldings:Bramling Cross is one of my favourite combinations for a bitter, particularly if you're going a bit more southern English in style.  On its own BX can get a little one-dimensional, but she's great for blending.

Worth noting that Bramling Cross has been particularly variable of late, she really seems to feel the effect of the recent extreme vintages we've had. She lost almost all her fruit in the 2018 harvest, she went much more like her Goldings mother.